Razak Abdul Aziz’s 10 Pantun Settings: Imagery behind the Chosen Texts

Zamani, Mohd Fairuz; Gani, Abdul Fattah Abd

doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v10-i6/7465

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“…Investigation on the texts of 10 Pantun Settings was also made by Zamani and Gani (2020). Unlike Zamani and Idrus (2022) who had analysed chosen text from this work and incorporate social exchange theory to understand the underlying nuances of this song cycle, Zamani and Gani (2020) were interested in understanding the imagery behind the chosen texts of the said work by Razak Abdul Aziz and how these imageries were translated into music notations. The data for this study were mainly obtained from interviewing the composer, revealing that each song had its own imagery/ies association.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Existing academic studies on Razak Abdul Aziz are scarce, to say the least. Only scholars like Zamani and Idrus (2022), Zamani (2021aZamani ( , 2021b, Batubara et al (2021), Zamani (2020), Zamani and Gani (2020) and Zamani et al (2019) had conducted such studies on this composer. Though his work 10 Pantun Settings became a centrepiece for a few academic investigations, the same could not be said for his other works.…”

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“…He received his academic trainings at Skidmore College (USA) as an undergraduate and at Columbia University (USA) and University of Edinburgh (UK) at postgraduate levels. Zamani and Gani (2020) documented the list of works by Razak Abdul Aziz as follows:…”

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What’s the Time? Deciphering “Meter” in Razak Abdul Aziz’s 5 Early Songs

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Abu Bakar,

Tan

2023

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The concept of meter in music has existed probably as old as music itself. Scholars had a variety of ways of categorizing meters in music. Recent investigations on the element of meter in contemporary art music show that scholars were more Europe-American-centric and only 10 Pantun Settings and Maria Zaitun by Razak Abdul Aziz were previously discussed academically, hence justifying the need to conduct this investigation. 5 Early Songs by Razak Abdul Aziz were written in 1980 (3 songs) and 1988 (2 songs). The researchers had chosen to conduct a systematic theoretical analysis of the chosen work using music theories proposed by Kostka et al. (2013), Kostka and Santa (2018), and Locke (2010). The analysis found that the use of the metric element is more complex in the two songs that were composed in 1988, suggesting that the 8-year gap the composer had given him time to acquire more musical materials, maturing over the years. It is hoped that this investigation would spark some interest among other scholars to conduct studies on the similar or other work(s) of Razak Abdul Aziz and possibly expand this to other Malaysian contemporary composers.

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confidence: 99%